I saw the best cookie wreck at work yesterday, poo-icing bears! I saw that and wanted to buy it myself just to send a picture, and somebody else bought it (after the baker marked it down) before I could even take a picture. :(

I agree with what Taylor said- having been witness to purple vomit (tip for mothers- avoid the prune baby food), that is the EXACT shade. And trust me, that's not a sight you forget fast. *she says 15 years after the sighting*

Kid: "1 number mom! That's all we needed and that Powerball jackpot could have been ours. But noooo you went with little Timmy's birthday instead of mine. So here'e you stinkin cake for Mother's Day and it's all your getting because now it's all I can afford. 1 number and it could have been a Bentley!"

I suspect that ALL mother's day cakes (wrecks or not) starting today will have the "This Week's Special" sticker on them. It is a much worse idea that buying next year's Christmas presents on sale the week after Christmas.

Oh Honey! Look, I found the cake I bought you last year on sale and forgot where I had put it away.

Not that we officially do Mother's Day or Father's Day in our house, but if any kid of mine was going to give me a cake, it really would mean so much more if they made it themselves. Then any wreckiness would be adorable instead of facepalmy.

Just wondering when decorators started using Silly String ("MOM" thing) ..which happens to be inedible, but I'm being way too picky. At least it's *only* $6.00 "WITH YOUR BONUS CARD." What a deal. 1* Mom...(Cake? Cookie? Cow flop?)Well, personally, I've been looking for what they REALLY want to say, as an asterisk generally indicates that there is some sort of something to be clarified. (Please~~ feel free to elaborate.)=^=.=^=

The cookie looks like what one of those last-minute shoppers I saw all day yesterday at Wal-Mart would snatch up off the bakery rack on the way home. Because nothing says "I love you, mom" like a stale cookie with sloppy frosting slapped on the top...

Wow. They would be cute if they were made by a small child for their relative, but "professionally" those are really very sad.

I once ordered a cake that came out so bad that I found an old cake decorator book and gave it to them to learn how to really make a professional cake. The manager was VERY upset with me. Not that I was worried, because I was certainly not ordering from them again after the horrible job they did.

On the "Mom is anther word for love" cake, they can (theoretically) do a quickie fix on that (!) by just taking their (theoretical) pinkie finger and twirling that little curled upswing thing at the end of the "n," into a little "o." It won't be perfectly in line with the other letters, but it's the thought that counts (theoretically)! (SNORT)Go on--give it the (proverbial) old college try! What have you got to lose, other than your (dubious) self respect?=^~.-^=

That last one if you look fast appears to say Cod Mother.. lol. Now that I would love to see someone present as a gift to their mom. As for the rest.. I think that purple vomit covers it for me for those. Ugh.

@lauren: I can actually answer that! I saw an article yesterday (Sunday) about the woman who founded the holiday, Anna Jarvis. It's "Mother's Day" because she thought it made it more personal for the people celebrating their own individual mothers. :D

I have not seen purple vomit, either, and I'll just take the other commenters' words for it (and remember the tip about prune baby food later). I actually made my mom brunch on Mother's Day every year, since she's not a dessert person.

Wreck 5: What are the 'decorations' supposed to be? And what poor soul has a one-pound mom?

W6 is probably intended to look like the work of a child. Or is, in which case one or more laws may have been broken...

W7. It's on special so that all that fresh mud isn't wasted, which might be more than can be said for some of these wreckerators. Is 'fresh' a selling point? Ugh. "Here, 'Mun' -- this ought to help you stick to your diet! After all, we 'heart' you!"

I think the chocolate one is actually right. It's a warning - it actually says "1* Nom". You might be thinking, om nom, that cake looks good. But no! Don't be fooled. it did not rate 5*. This is not the nom you are looking for.

I discovered the purple vomit momy cake. The part that wasn't mentioned that is even more confusing than the color, spacing, handwriting,and that its german chocolate (who puts words on german chocolate), is that I saw it in a grocery store in MARCH.

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